The fire department works on a fire a the landfill that is located in the 1100 block Russell Road in Shreveport.

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Alexandria Burris
aburris@gannett.com

"They never should have put that landfill down there in the beginning," said Marilyn Nicholson, 59. The smoke, she says, comes from the Harrelson Material Management landfill - a 12-minute walk away on Russell Road in the MLK neighborhood.

Residents, such as Nicholson, say the landfill threatens their quality of life. Underground fires have been burning on and off there for at least a year sending smoke into the air of the neighborhood nearby, they say. ...